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<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Hi there,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> I've been following the K7SEM howto (compiled by Brenden Bixler). I've now successfully compiled </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> a 2.4.7 kernel, under Redhat 7.2, and burnt the resulting kernel to a DOC Millenium Module </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> (8Mbyte). It appears to boot, according to the serial console (logged using hyperterm), however, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> neither the display is initialised, nor does it attempt to boot the HD. Here's the boot log:</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> 0</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 Sat Jun 21 00:09:20 BST 2003 starting...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Copying LinuxBIOS to ram.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Jumping to LinuxBIOS.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x39</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 Sat Jun 21 00:09:20 BST 2003 booting...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x40</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Finding PCI configuration type.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: Using configuration type 1</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x5f</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio start, nsuperio 1</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio: Pass 0, check #0, s 0000bf60 s->super 0000c238</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio: Pass 0, Superio SiS 950</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio: port 0x0, defaultport 0x2e</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio: Using port 0x2e</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio: Pass 0, done #0</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> handle_superio done</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Scanning PCI bus...PCI: pci_scan_bus for bus 0</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x24</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.0 [1039/0730]</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 [1039/5513]</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:01.0 [1039/0008]</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:01.4 [1039/7018]</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:02.0 [1039/0001]</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x25</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: pci_scan_bus for bus 1</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x24</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 01:00.0 [1039/6300]</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x25</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: pci_scan_bus returning with max=01</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x55</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: pci_scan_bus returning with max=01</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x55</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> done</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x66</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Allocating PCI resources...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> ASSIGN RESOURCES, bus 0</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.0 10 <- [0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff] mem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 10 <- [0x00002410 - 0x00002413] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 14 <- [0x00002420 - 0x00002423] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 18 <- [0x00002430 - 0x00002433] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 1c <- [0x00002440 - 0x00002443] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 20 <- [0x00002400 - 0x0000240f] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:01.4 10 <- [0x00002000 - 0x000020ff] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:01.4 14 <- [0xfc100000 - 0xfc100fff] mem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:02.0 1c <- [0x00001000 - 0x00001fff] bus 1 io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:02.0 24 <- [0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff] bus 1 prefmem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:02.0 20 <- [0xfc000000 - 0xfc0fffff] bus 1 mem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> ASSIGN RESOURCES, bus 1</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 01:00.0 10 <- [0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff] prefmem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 01:00.0 14 <- [0xfc000000 - 0xfc01ffff] mem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 01:00.0 18 <- [0x00001000 - 0x0000107f] io</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> ASSIGNED RESOURCES, bus 1</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> ASSIGNED RESOURCES, bus 0</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Allocating VGA resource</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> done.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x88</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Enabling PCI resourcess...PCI: 00:00.0 cmd <- 07</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:00.1 cmd <- 01</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:01.0 cmd <- 0c</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:01.4 cmd <- 03</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 00:02.0 cmd <- 27</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI: 01:00.0 cmd <- 03</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> done.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Initializing PCI devices...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> PCI devices initialized</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x89</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x70</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> totalram: 120M</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Initializing CPU #0</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> POST: 0x60</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Enabling cache...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Setting fixed MTRRs(0-88) type: UC</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> 0ype: UC</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> 0-88) </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> What should i do next, and how do i make sense of these messages, i'm not a complete idiot ;-) but </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> I AM new to Linux Bios.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Cheers and thanks again...top job!</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> -- </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Alex Scarbro</FONT></div>
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